Despite North Korea's request to the I.A.E.A., Mr. Hill said he did not expect "any dramatic developments in a matter of days," indicating that a resumption of nuclear production could be weeks or months away.
The guilty plea by Mr. Harding, who was once a leader of the small but influential Liberal Party in New York, was one of the more dramatic developments in a corruption investigation by the state attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, who is scrutinizing fees paid to associates of Mr. Hevesi by investment firms seeking business with the state's pension fund.
The arrest of at least 25 men during a massive police raid on a bath house in Cairo – instigated by a pro-regime TV channel – is the latest and most dramatic development in a crackdown that has been going on for months, even though homosexuality is not actually illegal in Egypt.
They broke off from the state-run general workers syndicate and formed their own private trade union, the first of its kind since the 1952 revolution - potentially a dramatic development in a country where going on strike without the authorisation of a recognised union is punishable by up to a year in jail.
For Sheen, once one of the highest paid actors on television (he was making nearly $2m an episode during his eighth and final season on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men), the disclosure of his HIV status marks the latest dramatic development in a life and career that has been bedevilled by drug use and erratic behavior.
Although the Chinese context is ideal for the study of complexity due to its dynamic market, dramatic development in a short time, complicated historical and political situation, and ethnic and geographical diversity, further development of the theoretical foundation laid out in this paper requires empirical studies in both developed and developing economies.
Thursday's announcement followed statements by security sources this week about a "dramatic development" in a case under wraps, triggering a flurry of reports that hinted at the Duma attack without naming it.
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for poaching a protected species of Indian antelope — marking a dramatic development in a highly publicized case that has spanned almost 20 years.
He was subsequently captured by the Pakistani military, a particularly dramatic development in an already volatile conflict between the two nations.
The New Video initiative, underwritten by the Bertha Foundation, is potentially a sea change for independent film distribution, which has undergone dramatic developments in recent years, from a tightening of purse strings among traditional theatrical distributors, to myriad variations on D.I.Y. releasing.
But there are dramatic developments in the search for a cure.
